Thomas kelly



(No Model.)

T. KELLY'.

CORK EXTRAGTOR.

No. 402,742. Patented May 7, 1889.

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS KELLY, OF ELMVALE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CORK-EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,742, dated May '7, 1889.

Application iled May 21, 1888. Serial No. 274,525. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS KELLY, of the village of Ehnvale, in the county of Simcoe, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and Improved Cork- Extractor, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object of the invention is to design a simply-constructed, effective operating, and durable cork-extractor; and it consists in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved cork-extractor in operation. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of same, showing the parts in the position in which they will appear while in the act of extracting a cork. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the trip mechanism by which the rotating movement of the corkscrew is altered into the vertical movement necessary for extracting a cork.

In the drawings, A represents a bracket arranged to be clamped to the table B, as shown in Fig. l; or it may be held in position permanently, if desired.

O is a hollow cylindrical portion of the bracket A, and has formed on it the bearings D to support the pivoted toothed quadrant E, which quadrant has a handle, F, fixed to its spindle, as shown.

G is a hollow sleeve fitted into the cylindrical portion C of the bracket A. A rack, a, is made on one side of the sleeve G and engages with the notched quadrant E, as indicated.

H is a plate fixed to the sleeve G, and has a double hole, b, made through itin the shape of the figure 8, as indicated in Fig. 3. The twisted wire I passes through the hole o and is suspended from the top of the cap J, as shown.

K is a plate suspended from the cap J and extending down on either side of the twisted wire I, forming a guide for the said wire.

L is a corkscrew connected to or forming part of the wire I. The cap J is held to the top of the cylinder by a sliding plate, M, fitting in a horizontal slot made in the cap J and designed to engage with the heads of the bolts N, which are secured to the cylinder C,

F is seized, as indicated in Fig. l, and is pulled in the direction indicated by the arrow, which motion causes the sleeve G to move upwardly, and as the plate I-I, with its iigure-S-shaped hole b, must move with the sleeve G the twisted wire I is caused to revolve, and the corkscrew is thus made to enter the cork, as indicated in Fig. 2. By the time that the cork has been penetrated sufficiently the handle F has come in contact with the projecting portion of the plate M, forcing the said plate M in until'the heads of the bolts N are clear, by which time the top of the sleeve G has struck the cap J, forcing the said cap up, as indicated in Fig. 2, and with it the corkscrew, and in this manner the cork is easily extracted.

What I claim as my invention isl. The combination, with the bracket having hollow cylindrical portion and ears forining bearings D, of the sleeve working in said cylindrical portion and formed with rack a, the toothed quadrant pivoted in said bearings and engaging said rack, the plate xed to said sleeve, and the twisted wire passed through said plate and having its upper end secured to a cap resting on said sleeve and extended over the top of said cylindrical portion, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the bracket having hollow cylindrical portion and ears forming bearings D, of the sleeve working in said cylindrical portion and formed with rack a, the toothed quadrant pivoted in said bearings and engaging said rack, the plate fixed to said sleeve, and the twisted wire passed through said plate and having its upper end secured to a cap resting on said sleeve, the cap J, eX- tended over the top of said cylindrical portion, and the plate K, suspended from said IOO cap within the sleeve and upon each side of the wiresubstantia1ly as described.

3. A cylinder, C, sleeve G, a Cap, J, resting thereon and extended over the top of said cylinder, the twisted wire or wires l, the corkscrew L, connected to and forming part of the twisted wire or wires I, the upper end of which is pivotall;T connected to the cap J, and a plate, I-I, fixed to the sleeve G and having .a hole, b, made to t the twisted wire Lin combination with the toothed quadrant E, provided with a handle, F, and arranged to engage with a rack formed on the sleeve G, a plate, M, fitted into a horizontal slot made in the cap .l and designed to be held below the heads of the bolts N bythe spring O and to be pushed out of Contact with the said bolts by the passing of the handle F, substantially as and for the purpose speciied.

Barrie, May 9, 1888.

THOMAS KELLY. In presence of C. E. HEWsoN, A. E. H. CUESWIEKE. 

